Recently I took a trip to the Bay Area to attend a teacher recruitment job fair and visit a very good friend. This friend is close to completing her Master's degree in Creative Writing, and, sharing my fondness for Brian Kiteley's writing exercise books, she recommended a text she fell in love with and has often referred back to during the course of her program-- Method and Madness: The Making Of A Story (A Guide to Writing Fiction), by Alice LaPlante.
When I finally do go back to school to get my Master's degree, I plan on applying to the Creative Writing program. Until then, I've decided to use this text not only as a way to live vicariously through my friend, but to teach myself how to write (better) fiction (since I do have a teaching credential and, in my mind, qualify as an instructor).
So, for now, I'm going to press pause on the Brian Kiteley writing exercise experience and post only my responses to the exercises at the end of each chapter of LaPlante's text (I'm sure there won't be much protest, since I don't think there is anyone out there reading this anyway...).
Happy writing,
Joleen
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